Christie’s Spending on Outside Lawyers Passes $50 Million
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has spent more than $50 million since the start of 2013 on lawyers outside his administration, largely because of costs related to the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal.
The administration has billed $22 million this year, according to a person familiar with the costs who wasn’t authorized to provide the information. Spending on outside counsel last year reached $29 million, the most since at least 2005, the earliest information available, according to Lee Moore, a spokesman for the state attorney general’s office.
Billings related directly to the bridge scandal exceeded $7 million as of mid-August, according to information released at that time by acting Attorney General John Hoffman’s office.
News about this year’s legal bills was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. Kevin Roberts, a spokesman for Christie, declined to comment when asked about them today in Trenton.
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Let's go Mr. Fishman
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/fishman_on_bridge_scandal_probe_investigations_take_time.html
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New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman today said he won't predict how long it will take his office to finish an investigation into the George Washington Bridge scandal surrounding Gov. Chris Christie's administration.
Fishman, the state's top federal prosecutor, was asked about the probe during a news conference today announcing that the U.S. Justice Department has reached an agreement with Newark to have a federal monitor watch over the city's police force because of violations to the constitutional rights of citizens.
"I never as you know make predictions about how long investigations can or should take but I will say there's a lesson from this," Fishman said, referencing the Newark case. "Thorough, complete investigations take time. They have to be done right. They have to be done thoroughly and that's all I'll say about that."
The U.S. Attorney's Office is conducting one of two investigations into the bridge controversy. The other is being run by a special state legislative committee.
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Sweat Christie, sweat - my prediction - Samson is his Delilah and he can't outrun him!! 
he needs it to cover his bullying fat ass. 
“Sometimes it takes money to make money.” 
I hope taxpayers in New Jersey appreciate this pearl of wisdom.
